#BC9438#BC9438

#BC9438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9438
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 5.44, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 52.64, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0107 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.118 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0446, 32.1589, 8.2601)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9438 #3860BC

analogous

#BC5238 #BC9438 #A2BC38

triadic

#BC9438 #38BC94 #9438BC

tetradic

#BC9438 #38BC52 #3860BC #BC38A2

square

#BC9438 #38BC52 #3860BC #BC38A2

split-complementary

#BC9438 #38A2BC #5238BC

monochromatic

#5E4A1C #8D6F2A #BC9438 #D0AE61 #DEC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9438

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9438	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b374',
    500: '#bc9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9438;
$custom-light: #d4b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68715,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9438

secondary

#879BC9

accent

#77DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9438

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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